Answered by Ustadha Shazia Ahmad Question I just started counting yellow as my period after reading some fatawa, so I will start considering it as menses from now on, but I have several questions: What should I do with the Ramadan days when I fasted during yellow discharge? Do I have to repeat those days? […]

Answered by Ustadha Shazia Ahmad Question I have about four years of qadas left to pray, but it is proving extremely difficult for me to pray them due to not finding enough time in my day as I am a college student. How can I make qadas easier for me? Initially, I had six years […]

Answered by Ustadha Shazia Ahmad Question When I was a small kid, I frequently did water-based masturbation (using a very high-pressure bidet spray). I stopped soon after puberty. After five years, I decided to visit a doctor, and she wrote that I had ‘vaginal and vulval candidiasis’ without running any tests. She prescribed medication, and […]

Answered by Shaykh Irshaad Sedick Question I’d like to know from which hadith Imam Shafi‘i chose the wording for the Qunut. The hadith in Nasa’i by the grandson Hasan (may Allah be pleased with him) ends with “Subhanaka rabbana tabarakta wa ta’alayt.” In contrast, the Shafi‘i Qunut continues “walakal hamd … wa sahbihi wa sallam”. Is […]